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Technology Assessment Assessing Technological Literacy in Grades 8 and 12

Overview Key Competencies Areas of Technological Literacy 1 Standards 2 3 Historical Instruments 4 Resources 5

“ Targets related to the nature, processes, and uses of technology essential for participating fully and prospering in the 21 st century” ~Technological Literacy Framework for the 2012 NAEP (Prepublication Version) Technology Assessment

Areas of Technological Literacy

Technology and Human Society

Effects of Technology on the Natural World

Technology and Society

Effects of Technology on the World of Information and Knowledge

Ethics, Equity, and Responsibility

The Nature of Technology

Engineering Design

Maintenance and Troubleshooting

Systems Thinking

Design and Systems

Investigation of Academic and Real-World Problems

Acknowledgement of Ideas and Information

Construction and Exchange of Ideas and Solutions

Information Research

Selection and Use of Digital Tools

ICT

Standards What students should be learning and accomplishing by studying technology.

Standards

Students acquire knowledge of

Characteristics and scope of technology

Core concepts of technology

Relationships among technologies and the connection between technology and other fields

Students learn about

Cultural, social, economic, and political effects of technology

Effects of technology on the environment

Role of society in the development and use of technology

Influence of technology on history

Standards

Students understand

Attributes of design

Engineering design

Role of troubleshooting, research and development, invention and innovation, and experimentation in problem solving

Students are able to

Apply the design process

Use and maintain technological products and systems

Assess the impact of products and systems

Standards

Students select and use

Medical technologies

Agricultural and related technologies

Energy and power technologies

Information and communication technologies

Transportation technologies

Manufacturing technologies

Construction technologies

Standards

NETS S and Performance Indicators for Students

Creativity and Innovation

Communication and Collaboration

Research and Information Fluency

Critical Thinking

Problem Solving

Decision Making

Digital Citizenship

Technology Operations and Concepts

Key Competencies

Key Competencies Collaborate & Create Describe Impacts Compare Impacts Compare & Justify Alternatives Students are able to 8 th Grade

Key Competencies Compare & Discuss Problem Solve Predict Impacts Develop & Present Solutions Students are able to 12 th Grade

Key Competencies

Grade 8

Describe and analyze impacts on society from the introduction of new technologies

Compare the impacts of a given technology on different societies.

Grade 12

Apply technologies to solve problems and justify selections

Analyze changes triggered by transferring technology from one society to another

Key Competencies

Historical Instruments

Instruments 1988 1989 1980s 100-item Pupils’ Attitudes Toward Technology. Administered to 10,000 middle school students in the U.S. 64-item Test of Technological Literacy. Administered to 1,200 middle school students in several states. 45-item Industrial Technological Literacy Test. Administered to Iowa High School Students. 50-item Technological Literacy Assessment. Administered to students and adults. 1980s 1980s Student Individualized Performance Inventory. Examines the capability dimension of technological literacy. “ No single instrument reviewed by the Committee on Technological Literacy measures up.” The National Academy of Engineering, 2004

Resources